Douche-cabinet.



O. A. NATHOO.

DOUGHE CABINET. APPLIQATHSN FILED JUNE 21, 1913.

Patented Feb. 3,1914.

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G. A. NATHOO.

DOUGHE CABINET.

APPLIOATIOIQI FILED mm: 21. 1913.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

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CHARLES A. NATHOO, 0F DES MOINES, IOWA.

.DOUCHE-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

Application filed June 21, 1913. Serial N 0. 775,171.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLns A. NATHOO, citizen of British India, and resident of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa, have invented a new and useful Douche-Cabinet, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved construction for a douche cabinet.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved longitudinally expansible platform adapted to be used in taking a douche and for a variety of supplemental purposes.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved means for hinging the folding leaves of a bed-like device.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved secret means for holding a receiving basin or pan in a douche device.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the device in extended position and ready for use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same in folded or contracted position. Fig. 3' is an elevation, on an enlarged scale, illustrating the hinging of the leaves. Fig. 4 is a plan and Fig. 5 a side elevation, on an enlarged scale, illustrating drawenpositioning hooks. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional elevation illustrating a portion of the device in a modified form, in extended position. Fig. 7 is a vertical section of the same in folded or contracted position. Fig. 8 is an elevation illustrating certain hinging means employed in the modified construction. Fig. 9 isa plan of a portion of the same. Fig. 10 is an end elevation illustrating other hinging means employed.

In the construction of the device as illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive the numeral 10 designates a housing which is preferably made of wood and open at its front and bottom. The housing 10 may be made tos'imulate a commode, bureau, dresser'or similar piece of furniture. A front panel or closure 11 is provided and is adapted to fit and close the open front of the cabinet or housing 10, at times, but said front panel is independently formed and is not directly connected to said housing. Uprights 12, one of which is shown, are fixed to opposite end walls of y the cabinet or housing 10 near the front and on the inner faces thereof. The uprights 12 are formed with vertical slots 13 in their upper end portions. Uprights 14, one of which is shown, are fixed to opposite sides said sets is shown and indicated generally by the numeral 16. The lazy-tongs 16 have one end connected to the upright 12 by means of a fixed pivot 17 at the lower end and a sliding pivot 18 at the upper end engaging in the slot 13; and are connected to the upright 14 at the opposite end by a fixed pivot 19 at the lower end and a sliding pivot 20 at the upper end engaging in the slot 15. The other set of lazy-tongs (not shown) is similarly connected to the opposite side of the housing 10 and front panel 11. The two sets or systems of lazy-tongs are connected by a plurality of cross-rods 21 at and constituting their central pivots, and by a plurality of channel irons 22 at their upper plvots. A plurality of leaves 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, in this instance six in number, are

pivotally connected to the several channel irons 22 by means of hinges 29 (see Fig. 3), and said leaves extend transversely and bridge the tops of the two systems of lazytongs. The leaves 23 to 28 inclusive are hinged at their front margins, are beveled at their rear margins forwardly and downwardly, and together form a fiat surface or platform, when the device is in extended position, between the panel 11 and housing 10. The front panel 11 is formed with a transverse opening 30 and a drawer 31 is adapted to be mounted through said opening and, when the device is in closed position, have its rear portion supported by a shelf 32 fixed to and extending forwardly from the rear wall of the housing 10. The drawer 31 is also supported by certain of the rods 21. When the deviceis in extended position the drawer 31 occupies a position beneath an intermediate portion of the platform, resting wholly on intermediate rods 21. The drawer is drawn outto this position as the device is extended through the agency of hooked arms 33, one on each side, pivoted by 1 means of clips 34 to and above a rod 21 and extending rearwardly and engaging with their hooks behind the drawer, as shown in Fig. 1.

A telescoping rod 35 is pivotally connected at one end to the inner face of the panel 11. This connection preferably is according to the illustration in Fig. 3, in which the numeral 36 designates a plate fixed to the panel 11. A plate 37 is fixed to the lower end portion of the rod 35 and is formed with a vertical slot 38 in its lower end and adjacent one margin. A. screw 39 passes through the slot 38 and is seated in the plate 36, and the plate 37 and red are movable on said screw a distance corresponding to the length of said slot. A screw 40 is seated in the plate 36 above the screw 39 and a right-angled slot 41 is formed in the plate 37 above the slot 38, opens to one margin of said plate and is adapted to receive at times the screw 40. When, it is desired to move the device to closed position the rod 35 may be moved to reclining posi tion, as indicated in Fig. 3, behind the front panel 11, by an upward and then an arcuate movement, the plate 37 thereby becoming disengaged from the screw 40 by causing said screw to clear the outwardly opening slot 41, after which the plate and rod are turned through an are on the screw 39.

A douche tank 42 is adapted to be mounted on the upper end portion of the rod 35 when said rod is in upright position. The tank 42 is formed with a nipple 45 adapted to receive attachment of a flexible connection such as a rubber tube (not shown) leading to a douche device such as a vaginal speculum.

The leaf 25 is formed with a trap 46, which may be provided with any suitable closing means, which trap is located directly above the drawer 31 when the device is in extended position. The trap 46 is designed to permit the passage of water from the douche and a pan or basin 47 with open top may be loosely mounted in the drawer 31 to receive such water. hen it is desired to move the device to closed positionthe tank 42 is removed and emptied and may then be placed out of sight within the pan 47, which is emptied by removing from the drawer. The rod 35 is then contracted or telescoped and moved through an arc to reclining position behind the front panel 11 as above described. Pressure is then exerted against the panel 11 toward the housing 10 to the end of causing the lazy-tongs 16 to assume folding positions, as shown in Fig. 2. The beveled rear margins of the leaves 23 to 27 inclusive rise and slide on the adjoining leaves, so that when the device is in closed position they occupy superposed relations within the upper portion of the housing 10. An inclined shelf 48 preferably is fixed to and projects forwardly from the rear wall of the housing 10 above the shelf 32 and is adapted to support the rearmost (or in folded position, the lowermost) leaf 28. As the device moves to closed position the pivots 18 and 20 rise in the slots 13 and 15. l/Vhen the device is in closed position the front of the drawer 31 fills the aperture 30 and is flush with and forms a part of the front panel 11. The device is then in size and appearance much like a small commode. Knobs 49 preferably are fixed to the forward side of the panel 11 for convenience in moving the device to extended position, which act is accomplished by forward draft on said panel.

In the construction according to Figs. 6 to 10 inclusive the lazy-tongs 16 are pivoted at the rear of the housing 10 and the channel irons 22" are inverted. The leaves 23 are provided with upholstered pads or cushions 24 on their upper surfaces, and are adapted to fold to upright positions as indicated in Fig. 7. The channel irons 22 are formed with upwardly projecting lugs 22 on their end portions, and the leaves 23 are connected in pairs by means of hinges 50. Opposite marginal portions of each pair of leaves 23 are pivotally connected to alternate channel irons 22 by means of offset hinges 51, the pins of said hinges passing through the lugs 22. Thus when the device is in closed position the margins of the leaves 23 connected by the hinges will be in elevated positions; and when in eX- tended position such margins will rest loosely on the channel irons 22 alternating to those receiving the hinges 51. In this construction the shelf 48 is not employed. I have shown the drawer 31 supported by special cross-rods 52, 53 not forming the pivots of the lazy-tongs.

The folding platform-like arrangement of the leaves 23-28 permits the proper administration of a vaginal douche in the proper reclining position; and the device when closed occupies little room and is not distinguishable from ordinary articles of furniture.

In times of emergency the device may be used as a bed; and in fact it provides a convenient portable bed for travelers and campers.

The device constructed with the longitudinally folding leaves may also be employed for a variety of extraneous purposes, such as display stands for fruit and vegetables, and other uses which will readily suggest themselves.

hen used as a display stand the housing may be discarded and the channel irons may be placed at different elevations to form a stair-like device.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement herein shown and described,

as various modifications and adaptations to diiferent uses may be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim as my invention 1. A device of the class described, comprising a fixed member and a movable member, spaced lazy-tongs adjustably connecting said members, and leaves hinged at their margins to and bridging the space between the tops of said lazy-tongs.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a housing and a movable front panel therefor, spaced lazy-tongs connecting said housing and panel, and leaves hinged at one margin each on said lazy-tongs and bridging the space between the tops thereof, said leaves foldable within said housing.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a housing and a movable front panel therefor, spaced lazy-tongs connecting said housing and panel, leaves hinged at one margin each on said lazy-tongs and bridging the space between the tops thereof, a trap in one of said leaves, and a drawer carried by said lazy-tongs and adapted to be moved to position beneath said trap.

l. A device of the class described, comprising a housing and a movable front panel therefor, spaced lazy-tongs connecting said housing and panel, leaves hinged at one margin each on said lazy-tongs and bridging the space between the tops thereof, a trap in one of said leaves, a drawer carried by said lazy-tongs and forming a part of said panel in closed position, and hooks on said lazy-tongs beneath said trap and engaging said drawer.

5. A device of the class described, comprising a housing, a movable front panel therefor, spaced lazy-tongs adjust-ably con- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for necting said panel and housing, leaves hinged at their forward margins on said lazy-tongs and adapted to be folded within said housing, said leaves beveled at their rear free margins.

6. A device of the class described, comprising a housing, a movable front panel therefor, a transverse opening in said panel, a drawer mounted through said opening, spaced lazy-tongs adjustably connecting said panel and housing and adapted to be folded within the latter, leaves hinged at their forward margins on said lazy-tongs and adapted to occupy superposed relations within said housing, and pivotal connections between said lazy-tongs and the drawer.

7. A device of the class described, comprising a fixed member and a movable member, spaced lazy-tongs adjustably connecting said members, channel bars fixed to and connecting the tops of said lazy-tongs, and leaves hinged to said channel bars and bridging the space between the tops of said lazy-tongs.

8. A device of the class described, com prising a housing and a movable front panel therefor, spaced uprights fixed to said housing and panel and formed with vertical slots, spaced lazy-tongs pivotally and slidingly connected to said uprights and connecting said housing and panel, and folding connections between said lazy-tongs.

Signed by me at Des Moines, Iowa, this 14 day of May, 1913.

CHARLES A. NATHOO.

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